Perforin-2 is essential for intracellular defense of parenchymal cells and phagocytes against pathogenic bacteria
Perforin-2 is essential for intracellular defense of parenchymal cells and phagocytes against pathogenic bacteria
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穿孔素 -2对于实质细胞和吞噬细胞针对病原菌的细胞内防御至关重要。
DOI:
10.7554/elife.06508
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发表时间:
2015-09-24
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影响因子:
7.7
通讯作者:
Podack, Eckhard R.
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作者:
McCormack, Ryan M.;de Armas, Lesley R.;Podack, Eckhard R.
Perforin-2 (MPEG1) is a pore-forming, antibacterial protein with broad-spectrum activity. Perforin-2 is expressed constitutively in phagocytes and inducibly in parenchymal, tissue-forming cells. In vitro, Perforin-2 prevents the intracellular replication and proliferation of bacterial pathogens in these cells. Perforin-2 knockout mice are unable to control the systemic dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Salmonella typhimurium and perish shortly after epicutaneous or orogastric infection respectively. In contrast, Perforin-2-sufficient littermates clear the infection. Perforin-2 is a transmembrane protein of cytosolic vesicles -derived from multiple organelles-that translocate to and fuse with bacterium containing vesicles. Subsequently, Perforin-2 polymerizes and forms large clusters of 100 angstrom pores in the bacterial surface with Perforin-2 cleavage products present in bacteria. Perforin-2 is also required for the bactericidal activity of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species and hydrolytic enzymes. Perforin-2 constitutes a novel and apparently essential bactericidal effector molecule of the innate immune system.